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How were these counted, did they add them to pilots other tally, who was the highest scoring V1 ace, which were the preferred/safest way to bring them down?
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How were these counted, did they add them to pilots other tally, who was the highest scoring V1 ace, which were the preferred/safest way to bring them down?
Quite a list wasn't there...
Another interesting fact was that a V1 shoot down missions was not credited toward a "tour" the same as was a mission over enemy territory. I forget the ratio but it might have been that they counted for .5 missions toward a tour. Someone might correct me on that.
A victory over a V-1 is not counted as an aerial victory by the RAF. It is still a kill, but an official aerial victory must be over a piloted, airborne enemy aircraft that could normally be expected to be armed.
So, a kill of something like a Bf 108, although a kill, is not an official aerial victory in the RAF of WWII.
It certainly was, and a kill over a V-1 wasn't exactly without risk.
Several pilots were killed when they were too close when the 1 ton warhead went off. So V-1 hunting, while a great sport, was not "easy duty" by any means and was very necessary, at least to the people being hit by the V-1's.
difficult to phrase correctly but I think you saw the point saving lives without hurting anyone....you could easily make a case for ignoring the V1s and just going ahead with the invasion expanding the beach head but that wasnt what it was all about.Not sure I'd call a fighter pilot a murderer unless he gunned a pilot hanging in a parachute. It was war, and that was the job. Great Britain was attacked and had to defend. After D-Day, the Allies had to prosecute the war to a close or continue to lose lives and property / material in a stalemate war. It only made sense to continue until surrender.
But I get your point and mostly agree.
Really?
How common was tipping the V 1 over with a fighters wing tip? Was it a wide spread method of destroying them or a method of last resort? It seems pretty dangerous to be flying in close formation with a 1 ton bomb at 370mph.